Commission Report (2002): Latvia

B. Criteria for membership

Subsections

• 1. Political criteria
  • Introduction
  • Recent developments
  • 1.1. Democracy and the rule of law
    • The parliament
    • The executive
    • The judicial system
    • anti-corruption measures
  • 1.2. Human rights and the protection of minorities
    • Civil and political rights
    • Economic, social and cultural rights
    • Minority rights and the protection of minorities
  • 1.3. General evaluation
  
  
• 2. Economic criteria
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Summary of economic developments since 1997
  • 2.3. Assessment in terms of the Copenhagen criteria
    • The existence of a functioning market economy
    • The capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union
  • 2.4. General evaluation
  
  
• 3. Ability to assume the obligations of membership
  • Introduction
  • 3.1. The chapters of the acquis
    • Chapter 1: Free movement of goods
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 2: Free movement of persons
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 3: Freedom to provide services
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 4: Free movement of capital
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 5: Company law
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 6: Competition policy
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 7: Agriculture
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 8: Fisheries
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 9: Transport policy
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 10: Taxation
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 11: Economic and Monetary Union
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 12: Statistics
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 13: Social policy and employment
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 14: Energy
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 15: Industrial policy
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 16: Small and medium-sized enterprises
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 17: Science and research
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 18: Education and training
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 19: Telecommunications and information technologies
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 20: Culture and audio-visual policy
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 21: Regional policy and co-ordination of structural instruments
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 22: Environment
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 23: Consumers and health protection
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 24: co-operation in the field of justice and home affairs
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 25: Customs union
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 26: External relations
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 27: Common foreign and security policy
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 28: Financial control
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
    • Chapter 29: Financial and budgetary provisions
      • Progress since the last Regular Report
      • Overall assessment
      • Conclusions
  • 3.2. Translation of the acquis into the national languages
  • 3.3. General evaluation